I Became the Master of the Empress

31 – Episode 31

A few nights after getting married.

I can’t sleep today.

I thought they would attack you like a beast.

Fortunately, what I thought did not happen.

For him to not take my virginity for this long.

Perhaps this means that they have no intention of taking it by force?

“That’s a good thing.”

Thinking like that, I look at one side of the empty bed.

A person who stays in the office every day except the day of marriage.

According to the rumor told by Ifa, I heard that they eat there and sleep there too.

Even before getting married, I had heard a few times that he was crazy about work.

I heard that his office is brightly lit every day until late at night.

It’s a good thing that people are more interested in work than me.

I feel very grateful that I can sleep alone like this after getting married.

But why does he work so hard?

Foolishly… It’s unfamiliar to see me working all night.

Not even her father or brother did something like that.

Perhaps because they were both family-oriented people, they always ate breakfast and dinner together, and after 8 p.M., They would eat fruit in the family area and talk about what happened that day.

My father, who was an emperor who always seemed busy, didn’t work all day like that.

Of course, the four of us, my mother, Joy, and I, have breakfast every morning at Debian, but unless there is anything else special to do, we are always in the office.

It’s a public holiday for a week, so why is there so much to do?

I don’t know why there is so much to do during the period when most of the imperial administrative agencies are on break.

Thanks to you, it’s a good thing that I can’t see your face.

Actually, I don’t understand him.

-Yes, that’s right. What do you think I would have done if you kept saying you didn’t want to write?

-In the end, my threat was blackmail. It was Ifa’s hair for that purpose, and I just happened to hear that Ifa was giving my information to someone.

When I heard him say that he had achieved his desired goal by shaking me with my family. He felt like a monster devoid of emotions.

Is it really possible that there are no emotions?

That doesn’t mean Debian is evil.

-Who do you see as the murderer? I actually like this group.

-You like it?

-Yes. He is very loyal and will not hesitate to do dangerous things for his master. In fact, I only wish I had a servant like that.

If he were a villain, he would have just killed Ifa.

They wouldn’t have had the trouble of taking it out of the palace. So, is this a power-mad traitor?

Are they staying up all night trying to find something to rob the empire?

That can’t be… No way.

In an instant, I erase the absurd imagination I had in mind.

I don’t know. I just can’t figure out what he’s thinking or what he wants.

He is not a villain, but he is not a treacherous traitor either.

As expected… Are they trying to usurp us?

I can’t sleep because of the thought of biting my tail.

-Srurr…

Enjoying the soft feel of the blanket, I toss and turn to force myself to sleep.

Moonlight faintly enters the room.

This time of peace will soon end, right?

Once the holidays are over, won’t Debian try to expand its influence in earnest?

Wouldn’t they ignore my authority?

He has already taken away all real power from the emperor.

That’s why I’m afraid of him working so hard at something.

Because I don’t know what he is planning.

I am afraid of him.

Power cannot be shared even with children.

That word has been heard since ancient times to the point where it makes our ears prick.

There is no way that Devian, whose emotions have been worn away, would respect himself.

If the opportunity arises in the future, he may try to remove me and become emperor himself.

Until then… They might try to embarrass me.

To trample on the authority of the emperor. To further solidify his power.

But I have no intention of being treated gently.

The only authority you have.

Because you have the right to inspect the Archduke.

Couldn’t we do something with that?

Wouldn’t that be enough to save the empire?

With that thought in mind, I finally fall asleep.

***

“Hwaaam!”

I am so sleepy that I yawn.

I didn’t sleep… Too much.

All the pending work has been completed.

I look around my desolate office with no one around.

Is it because Agrippa is not there?

“I don’t want to work.”

I’m struggling with papers and papers like this, but someone else is having a happy time with their girlfriend.

Feeling unfair, I force myself to open my eyes and look at the clock.

“Okay… It’s time to say hello to my mother-in-law.”

I briefly wash in the bathroom provided in the office and leave the room.

As someone who lives with my in-laws, my mother-in-law is a great source of strength to me.

Like Theodora, she doesn’t hate me unconditionally, but looks at me with a bit of pity.

Perhaps it is because of the abuse I received from Valorant when I was young.

Because that incident was so famous.

If the late emperor had not stepped forward at that time, his head might have been cut off by the guillotine.

So, I cannot be nice to the late emperor who is already dead, but I think I should be nice to his wife and my mother-in-law.

I made eye contact with the guard whose face now felt familiar, perhaps because I visited my mother-in-law every day.

-Knock knock!

“Mama Empress Dowager, Her Majesty the Grand Duke has arrived.”

[Ask them to come in.]

The guard opens the door at the sound of a benevolent voice.

“Mother Empress Dowager, have you been well?”

My mother-in-law spoke with a kind smile upon my words.

“Yes, thanks to you, I was able to sleep without any problems.”

Theodora and Joey next to their mother-in-law.

“Did your brother-in-law sleep well too?”

“Yes, I slept well too.”

Saying that, he sat down next to Theodora.

“Our whole family is here, so please serve dinner quickly.”

The servants bring breakfast at the words of the mother-in-law.

That’s how breakfast started.

As the meal comes to a close without speaking to each other, a light dessert is served.

“From what I heard, I heard that you slept late again today. Are you really okay?”

How did you know I slept late?

With those words, the eyes of the other two women naturally focused on me.

“Don’t worry. “It’s not difficult at all because I think it’s for her, her wife, her emperor, her majesty.”

Let me speak in a playful voice.

-Kukkuk!

Theodora poking my thigh with her finger.

“Even though you are young now, it’s okay to overwork yourself, but it will all come back to you later when you get older.”

Joey also takes up the baton from his mother-in-law, who speaks while holding a teacup and gently closing her eyes.

“That’s right, brother-in-law. “It’s a holiday. Please rest a little.”

Although it is a holiday, Theodora’s duties will soon begin.

The first meeting with the ministers of the 5th division.

The existing political system of the empire has an emperor and is directly under the emperor.

The emperor rules the empire through a total of five departments: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Military Affairs, and Ministry of Interior.

However, the law has recently changed, and a new institution called the Grand Duchy has been created between the emperor and the five ministers.

And the head of the Grand Duke is me.

So, there is a lot to prepare for this cabinet meeting.

“hahahaha… I have a lot to do after the holidays, so I’m going to do it in advance.”

As I said that, I looked at the clock on the wall and stood up.

“Mother-in-law, sister-in-law. “I have some business to attend to, so I’ll leave.”

“Yes, you will have a hard time today too.”

“I hope your mother-in-law has a good day today. And… Honey?”

I bow my head once to my mother-in-law, who speaks kindly, and look at Theodora and say.

It’s not a big deal to be married to a girlfriend.

But I never do it when me and Theodora are alone.

I started writing it on my own just to reassure my mother-in-law that we were getting along harmoniously, and every time I listen to it, I’m scared to sing it because I think of Theodora, who causes a stir.

“What is it?”

I tell her that she frowns and shows that she doesn’t like it, as if she doesn’t feel good about saying she’s my honey.

“Can you come to my office for a moment after the meal?”

He nods his head as if what I say is no big deal.

“Well, of course.”

With those words, I stand up and head to the office.

-Tap… Ttuk…

I’m worried about Theodora recently.

That’s right… Theodora I wonder if she has a good grasp of the reality of this empire.

The position of emperor is a position where tremendous authority and power are concentrated.

If you use that power incorrectly, it is not a problem to ruin a country.

Theodora in the original story learned something about reality by rolling around here and there, but the girl who married me now does not.

If I don’t want to be embarrassed at this Cabinet meeting and if I disappear in the future, the empire will run fine…

I have to teach Theodora about politics.

That’s why, whenever I have time, I organize important issues in the current empire.

“I really… Wish I had just one more body.”

With that in mind, I arrive at my office and look through the papers.

How much time has passed?

-Knock knock!

[His Highness the Grand Duke, His Majesty the Emperor has arrived.]

“Hurry and take them.”

-Squeak!

As I said that, the door opened and Theodora came in with a frown on her face.

But soon Theodora, who saw papers neatly piled up all over the room, opened her eyes wide and spoke.

“I need to clean up my room.”

“I will have to see all of that.”

To be more precise, Theodora clicks her tongue and says after seeing the pile of papers I read in my spare time in case there are any papers that could be helpful to the empire.

“Tsk tsk… But why did you call me?”

I tell her that she doesn’t like me being alone with her.

“There’s a cabinet meeting soon, right?”

“So?”

“Do you know what agenda is coming up this time?”

She shook her head at my words.

“Haa…”

I sigh from the beginning.

It is understandable that the emperor’s assistants did not know since the positions of the emperor’s aides became vacant during the Valorant period, but hearing that the emperor, who is the chairman of the State Council, does not know the agenda of the meeting gives him a headache.

If you are the chairman and no one tells you the agenda, shouldn’t you find out it yourself?

With that in mind, I think I did a good job preparing in advance.

And…

“Okay then, take this.”

I hand Theodora a sheaf of paper containing hundreds of pages.

-Srurruk

Theodora takes it, flips through a few pages, and asks me with red eyes full of doubt.

“What is this?”

“I have summarized the agenda that will be raised at this cabinet meeting and the background to the agenda. “Look at it here and ask if you don’t know anything.”

“Uh…?”

Ignoring her wide eyes as if she was embarrassed by my behavior, I put her papers on her desk.

“For your information, if you don’t understand half of that, you can’t leave this room today.”

“Now… Wait a minute?!”

“Huh? Why?”

“This is… Too much, right?”

I spoke with a puzzled expression as I looked at Theodora, whose face had become haggard.

As I say that, I point to the mountain of thousands of sheets of paper on my desk.

“No? “There are only a few hundred of them.”

He frowns at my words.

“There are hundreds of them! And why should I do that?”

I calmly ask that question.

“Then do you know all of this?”

“No…”

“But you are the emperor, right? Wouldn’t it be a shame if the emperor didn’t know how the empire works?”

“That… That…”

“Or during the cabinet meeting, are you just going to nod your head without knowing anything and do everything your subjects tell you to do?”

“No…”

She slightly shook her head at my words.

“Then I guess I’ll have to see it all.”

“…”

I see him frowning at my words and sitting on the sofa and starting to read slowly, so I go about my business.

-Sreuk…

That day…

Theodora could barely fall asleep until dawn.